Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

We have a full calendar of events coming up! There's something for everyone... Every Tue - Nature Volunteering 🪏 Third Sun of every month - Bow Beasties 🫶 Monday Community Events - free to members 🤝 Monthly Craft Group - last Friday of the month 🧵 Butterfly Walks - Sat 9th May & Sun 12th July 🦋 New Parent Walks - Mon 11th May 🐣 Dawn Chorus Walk - Sat 16th May 🐦‍⬛ Wild Bee Walk - Sun 21st June 🐝 Festival Headband Craft Workshop - Sat 11th July 🎪 Foraging tours - with Ken and Forage London 🥬 Summer Fair! - Saturday 22nd August 2026 🎠 Fungus Identification - September & October 🍄 And much more! /events to book your place. Sign up to our socials @fothcp or our mailing list to hear about 2026 events

You may notice a new face around the park – say hello to Kit, our Seasonal Park Ranger 👋 He’ll be helping us out until the end of the year, looking after the park, its visitors, and our volunteer groups. Kit's from Scotland but has lived in London for the past 7 years. He’s carried out practical conservation work on sites across the city and the surrounding countryside with London Wildlife Trust and the National Trust. He's a frequent hiker and camper and works with charities to encourage more people to get outdoors and connect with nature. Grab him for a chat when you see him in the park!

Wildflowers are out in full bloom across the Cemetery Park’s meadows in May. Goat’s Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) also known as Meadow Salsify and, Ruben, the Cemetery Park Officer’s favourite, Jack-go-to-bed-by-noon. The plant, as its common name suggests, only flowers during the morning sun and closes its flower at noon. It flowers from May – August, so be quick to catch it across site during the morning shine. Tragopogon pratensis is said to have roots that can be boiled and eaten like potatoes with fresh stems supposedly tasting like Asparagus and newer leaves edible as well. If you’d like to help us maintain our wildflower meadows, consider volunteering with us by following the link below: /nature-conservation-volunteering/

Something NEW for Summer Crafters! Make your own reusable Festival Flower Headpiece! In this 3 hour workshop we will provide all the materials, skills and creative inspiration for you to make your own Festival Headband! We'll be sewing flowers and making pompoms until our Summer dreams come true! Saturday 11th July 10am-1pm Book here: /events/thefriendsoftowerhamletscemeterypark/2167406 or via link in bio. #friendsoftowerhamletscemeterypark #towerhamletscemeterypark #fothcp #LondonEvents #NatureInTheCity #eastlondoncraftgroup #londoncraft #EastLondonEvents #craftworkshop #festivalcrafting #festivalseason #festivalflowerheadband #festivalheadgear

🌺✨ Red Valerian putting on a show at the Cemetery Park! ✨🌺 As you enter Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park via the Southern Grove gates, you’ll be greeted by vibrant clouds of Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber) blooming brightly among the graves 🌿💖 Despite the name, the flowers aren’t always red — you might spot shades of: 💗 Pink ❤️ Crimson 🤍 White — all glowing in the spring sunshine ☀️ 🌍 Mediterranean roots Red Valerian was introduced to Britain from the Mediterranean in the 1600s as a garden plant, but quickly escaped and made itself at home in the wild. It absolutely loves hot, dry, well-drained places, which is why old gravestones and walls suit it perfectly — our sunny grave tops recreate the rocky conditions of its Mediterranean homeland 🌺 🐝 A pollinator favourite One of the best things about Red Valerian is its very long flowering season, often blooming from May right through to October 🌸➡️🍂 That means months of nectar for wildlife including: 🐝 Bees 🦋 Butterflies 🌙 Moths —including the incredible Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, a day-flying moth that hovers like a tiny hummingbird while feeding 😮✨ 🥗 Edible… but not delicious! All parts of the plant are technically edible, though quite bitter, and have occasionally been used in soups and salads 🌿🍲 And despite the name, it’s not closely related to the Valerian used in sleepy teas 😴☕ 👉 Action: Next time you enter the Cemetery Park, pause and enjoy these bright splashes of colour 🌺 Watch for buzzing pollinators, snap a photo 📸, and share your sightings with us! #RedValerian #CentranthusRuber #TowerHamletsCemeteryPark #THCP #UrbanNature #PollinatorPlants #Wildflowers #LondonNature #NatureInTheCity #LoveLocalNature 🌺🐝✨

Lovely to see so many neighbours taking home plants. Thanks to everyone who stopped by at our Planting Connections event- to chat, collect a plant and make a connection. @greening_brokesley_street @towerhamletsnow @fothcp

Now is the time for coloured portraits of these beautiful cemeteries. Today, two necropolises from London The Kensal Green Cemetery @friends_of_kensalgreencemetery and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park @fothcp Last year, with @elizamauro , we had the opportunity to visit London on an amazing trip Of course, I had to be in some of “the greatest 7” In the Kensal Green Cemetery, we had the chance of meeting our friend @whispersoftheforgotten , an amazing experience even to visit the catacombs! If you wanna see that experience, there is a video on my YouTube channel! You can go for it!

Spring & Summer Butterfly Walks Tomorrow, 9th May and 12th July 2026 Join our resident butterfly expert, Terry Lyle for a guided walk to discover our spring and summer butterflies and day-flying moths. Book below or via the link in our bio 👇 /events/thefriendsoftowerhamletscemeterypark/2134065

Are you a Member of The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park? Support the future of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park — a unique place where heritage, nature, and community come together. As a member, you’ll receive exclusive perks and help shape the park’s future. Coming up: Bat Walk on the 18th of May from 20:00 to 22:00 - Join the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park for an introduction to British Bats and then a walk through the Cemetery Park, using a bat detector to hear bats as they hunt for insects in the Cemetery Park. Join as a Member: /membership/ #TowerHamletsCemeteryPark #UrbanNature #THCP #GetInvolved #LondonNature #CommunityNature #fothcp #towerhamletscemeterypark #CemeteryPark #SpringInLondon #friendsoftowerhamletscemeterypark #batwalk #batsoflondon #batsofinstagram #batsoffacebook

Bank holiday weekend was chock-a-block with events and activities at the Cemetery Park! On Saturday our nest box recorders managed to complete the recording of all our nest boxes across site. On Sunday, 20 people joined our monthly weekend nature volunteering group to help control invasive species on-site and increase wildflower diversity within in our meadows. 🌱🌺🥀 That same day the Cemetery Park Officer, Ruben, led a Dusk Chorus walk with 20 people in attendance. On the walk, Blackbirds, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Wrens, Robins and more were heard during nature’s springtime symphony. Sunday was also International Dawn Chorus Day. However, our Dawn Chorus walk will be on the 16th. 🐥🐦🐣On Monday, the Park Manager, Ken, led a guided walk for Dying Matters week. Have a look out at our events page to join future Dusk/Dawn Chorus walks and check out all our Spring and Summer events! Follow the link below 👇 /events/

Dying Matters Awareness Week has begun!! The inaugural event at the fabulous Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park @fothcp with Ken, the Park Manager, has been wonderful. We've learned about the human communities in the area over the past 200 years. We saw the graves of 38 victims of the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster. We learned about flowers and caterpillars. All to the soundtrack of so much birdsong and the occasional aeroplane. If you missed today's walk, there are still free tickets available for the closing event of our Dying Matters Awareness Week - a walk back here on Sunday morning at 10am. Link in bio. Huge thanks to Ken and everyone who came along this evening! Love to you all Tilly 💖💖 #dyingmatters #LetsDiscussDeath #grief #cemetery

🌿🕊️ Dying Matters Awareness Week – Let’s Talk About It 🕊️🌿 This Bank Holiday Monday, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is proud to be part of Dying Matters Awareness Week — a national campaign encouraging open, honest conversations about death, dying and grief 💬💚 The Cemetery Park is a place where nature, history and remembrance meet — making it a powerful space to reflect, connect and share stories 🌳✨ 🌿 What’s happening at THCP? Join us for a guided walk through the Cemetery Park with our Park Manager, exploring the stories, heritage and wildlife that make this place so special: 👣 Monday 4 May, 6pm 👣 Sunday 10 May, 10am These walks offer a chance to: 🌳 Explore one of London’s historic “Magnificent Seven” cemeteries 📜 Hear the stories of those buried here 🌿 Reflect on life, memory and nature in a calm, welcoming space Part of a wider programme of free community events designed to open up conversations around death and dying in a supportive and inclusive way 👉 Action: Join us for a walk, bring a friend, and be part of the conversation 💬 🎟️ Find out more and book here or via the bio: /cc/lets-discuss-death-dying-matters-awareness-week-4831987 Let’s make space for these important conversations — together 🤝💚 @lets.discuss.death #DyingMatters #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek #THCP #TowerHamletsCemeteryPark #LetsDiscussDeath #CommunityConversations #UrbanNature #LondonEvents #GriefSupport #LifeAndLoss 🌿🕊️✨